LOCAL
Downsizing from house to condo in Vancouver: A comparison, by neighbourhood [Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
Seattle eyes plan for permanent tent city [Globe and Mail]
A Village Grows in Los Angeles [GOOD

Pedestrians, cyclists and almost every city neighbourhood will benefit from $2 million in strategic “active transportation” investments proposed in this year’s capital spending program, headed to council

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Canadians helped invent a house so efficient you could heat it with a hair dryer. Then we forgot about it.

LOCAL
B.C. cities, including Victoria, are world-class in their lack of affordability, story and photos [Times Colonist]
Mega-developer Concord Pacific hopes to swing land deal with city hall [Vancouver Courier]
Jan

Ame Henderson/Public Recording’s Relay is an interesting theatrical experiment. Presently on tour across Canada, this Toronto company intrigues the Vancouver audience with a performance based purely...